Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments founding father and still bound

and still bound

The interaction between the vinyl and the paint is such that it is not at all flaking

Silvery gray paint completed the effort

5 3/8” across with tail

including for the out of order alphabet

Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments founding father and still boundI really love these old painter's boxes, especially those still holding their original palettes, and will always scoop them up when I find them. C. 1870s, clearly well used, with all of its original components (less the paints and pots and brushes that would have been acquired to fill it.) The lid of the rear section pulls up to reveal grooves for tubes of paint or charcoals pastels, and the front section's top tray (meant for holding brushes) lifts